Jones rushed back from holidays to cover Queensland elections.

The first indication of how the newly enhanced talent pool brought on by the merger of Fairfax and MRN could be utilsed is the news that 2GB’s Alan Jones will be heard on 4BC Brisbane from next Monday.

Jones will be presenting a special one hour program between 8:00 and 9:00am for two weeks leading up to the Queensland election on January 31.

News Talk 4BC today announced coverage plans for the G20 Leaders' Summit – including live broadcasts over five days from Wednesday, November 12, and boosting its reporting team.

4BC Mornings Host Patrick Condren will lead the G20 coverage on 4BC throughout the period.

The G20 Leaders' Summit in Brisbane is expected to attract up to 4,000 delegates and approximately 3,000 domestic and international media representatives.

Fairfax Radio Network has appointed Steve Kyte as Content Director for the Network’s News Talk 4BC in Brisbane. 

Kyte has spent 25 years in the media industry, working in radio, television and online content production and is the current Director of Bite Media, a UK-based content production company.

He joins 4BC from London, where he helped transform some of the world’s leading radio brands including LBC 97.3 and the BBC’s news and sports network Radio 5 Live.

One of the few sports callers in the country to have called a Rugby League Grand Final, Rugby Union International, AFL Grand Final and Soccer International, Mark Braybrook will present a lifestyle weekend show from noon to 6 pm Saturdays and Sundays on Brisbane Talk station 4BC.

“We’re very excited to launch Mark’s new lifestyle weekends show, as this is the first time we’ve gone local on weekends for a few years. Our new show adds strength to our commitment to local programming,” 4BC General Manager Anthony Frangi said.

Queensland fishing, boating, weather and surf presenter Paul Burt joins 4BC’s Weekend Breakfast show from this Saturday and Sunday.

The Channel 7 host will be heard each Saturday and Sunday morning from 5:30am to 6:00am, delivering the most up to date boating, fishing, and weather information.

“I’m thrilled to be joining the air waves with 4BC providing up to date information to our listeners on what’s happening in our backyard for all lovers of fishing and boating, to diving and surfing,” Burt said.

One of Australia’s best known doctors, Ross Walker, will bring his weekly radio show to News Talk 4BC from this weekend.

‘Healthy Living’ will air every Sunday night from 6pm to 8pm, followed by the return of ‘Sharina’s Psychic Encounters,’ replacing the Health and Wellbeing show, as foreshadowed earlier this week in our movements section.

“I’m very excited that my Healthy Living show will be available for all Brisbane listeners from 6pm this Sunday Night”, said Walker.

After 14 successful years at Brisbane’s News Talk 4BC, evening newsreader Ian Maurice will hang up his headphones to join the theatre.

The veteran broadcaster has been appointed General Manager of Brisbane’s Arts Theatre and will take up the position from mid-August.

4BC General Manager Anthony Frangi said: “We are of course sad to lose one of Brisbane’s favourite broadcasters, but we are delighted for Ian that he has accepted the position as General Manager of Brisbane’s longest running theatre.

Fairfax Radio Network has  launched its latest suite of iPhone apps for Sydney’s 2UE, Melbourne’s 3AW and Magic 1278, Brisbane’s 4BC and Magic 882 and Perth’s 6PR. The app update was pushed out overnight to tablets and smart phones.

4BC Drive presenter Ben Davis has thrown himself out of a plane to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.
 
Despite the nerves, the radio host was motivated to take the sky diving challenge for his daughter, Mackenzie, who suffers from Type 1 Diabetes.
 
“If our 7-year old daughter, Mackenzie, can have up to 7-needles a day to stay alive -- and never complain -- then jumping out of a plane's no big deal,” said Ben. 
 
The decision seems to have paid off after he raised $12,460 for the Foundation.